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Pompeii was an ... city in Italy. In 79 A.D., it was buried under ... after the eruption of a volcano called Mount Vesuvius. The eruption was documented by a ... known as Pliny the Younger, who escaped from the city when he was 17 years old. For nearly 2000 years after the eruption, the city was completely abandoned. However, in 1748, a group of ... discovered that the ash had preserved many of Pompeii’s ... , skeletons, and artefacts. This helped archaeologists learn more about what life was like in ancient Rome. But to this day, archaeologists have only uncovered about two thirds of Pompeii’s ruins. The rest of the city is still buried under ash and debris.